(A) It is the intent and purpose of this chapter to assign responsibility to ensure the complete and efficient utilization of all of the city's resources to cope with a disaster, whether it be man-made, technological, or natural.
(B) The city, Office of the City Manager, will be the overseeing agency for all activity in connection with emergency management. Dublin's approach to emergency management will incorporate the principals of the Integrated Emergency Management System and the four phases of Comprehensive Emergency Management. The City Manager may exercise the authority and discharge the responsibilities vested in him by appropriate statutes of the Ohio Revised Code, Public Acts of the United States Code Annotated, Section 5.04 of the Revised City Charter, and this chapter.
(C) This chapter will not relieve any city department/division of the moral responsibilities or authority given to it in the Revised City Charter, city ordinance, or administrative orders of the City Manager, nor will it adversely affect the work of any private individual or organization giving volunteer service for relief in disasters and/or emergencies.
(Ord. 16-98, passed 3-16-98)